Isaac Mayer Wise opens Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati, the first Jewish seminary in America; with the Union of American Hebrew Congregations (1873) it gives Reform Judaism its institutional spine. Stream milestone.
Tagged: Jewish Reform Judaism
The Event
- Date
- 1875 (exact)
- Era
- Modern; Standard periodization of Jewish history
- Location
- Cincinnati; today Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
- Traditions
- Judaism
- Streams
- Reform Judaism
- Key figures
- Isaac Mayer Wise
Primary Sources
- Hebrew Union College founding documents (1875)
Secondary Sources
- Meyer, Response to Modernity: A History of the Reform Movement in Judaism (Oxford, 1988)
- Sarna, American Judaism: A History (Yale, 2004)
Provenance: HIST-0135; confidence 0.95; accessed 2026-10-27.
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